Gilbert, Count of Montpensier

Gilbert, Count of Montpensier (1443-15 October 1496) was a French noble and general during the Italian Wars.

Biography
Gilbert de Montpensier was born in France in 1443 to a family of nobility, belonging to the Montpensier branch of the House of Bourbon. He was appointed to the Order of Saint Michael by King Charles VIII of France in October 1483, and he served under King Charles during his invasion of Italy in 1494. He was made Viceroy of Naples in 1495 after King Charles occupied the city, and he was captured at Atella in July 1496 with the remaining French forces. He and his men were held near a malarial marsh at Pozzuoli, where he died in 1496.